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A Mourning Village on a Rampage

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

The development of malls and luxury residential complexes is being accused as the culprit behind Jakarta’s floods. Many developers are ignoring their obligation to build public and social facilities.

Flood inundated residential area of Kayu Tinggi near the Jakarta Garden City housing complex in Cakung, East Jakarta, February 25. TEMPO/M Taufan Rengganis. tempo : 1732489757100.

AT around 9am on Tuesday, February 25, hundreds of people living around the Jakarta Garden City (JGC) residential complex stormed the AEON Mall in Cakung, East Jakarta. The luxury mall is located at the center of the JGC. The crowds came from the Rorotan and Cakung Timur administrative villages, both of which suffered from flooding.

The masses shouted angrily at the mall building, which they felt caused the floods in their villages. Rocks, piece

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